CVE-2006-0898
N/A
Published: February 25, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCrypt Cbc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Crypt::CBC Perl module 2.16 and earlier, when running in RandomIV mode, uses an initialization vector (IV) of 8 bytes, which results in weaker encryption when used with a cipher that requires a larger block size than 8 bytes, such as Rijndael.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/488Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-996Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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